Maritimes - Summer 2008

July 5 - 25, 2008

Day 18 - July 22: Parlee Beach, Dune de Bouctouche, Spring, & Dorchester Copper Mine: Dorchester Copper Mine

Copper mine? We found gold! Golden chanterelles, a whole patch of them! Mmmmm, yummy chanterelles! Besides finding the entrance to the mine, Samantha also had fun 'fishing' in the pool of water with a stick and catching a leaf 'fish'.

From the Earthcache description:
"This earthcache will take you to one of the relics of the mining history of Westmorland County, the Dorchester Copper Mine, which has been closed for approximately 90 years.

This mine is very much like a snapshot from the past. As with all mining areas, please be very careful and be aware that there is no reason whatsoever to enter the mine shaft to claim this earth cache. This mine was used mainly for the mining of copper ore.

The Dorchester Copper Mine was abandoned early in the 20th century after several decades of use. The mine consists of the main opening, as well as an elaborate system of shafts of various depths and lengths. There is a small brook coming out of the shaft and collecting in a large puddle in front of the mine entrance, before stretching out into a brook again and flowing downhill."

Samantha 'fishing' in the stream.

The mine entrance.

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